"Places Famous in English History - St Albans", 1865

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

2005.5004

? later photolitho reproduction of etching c. 1865, blue ink, anon / printed Alf[red] Cooke, Queen's Printer, Leeds 139 ×152. A view looking down St Peter's Street, St Albans in naive perspective towards 'The Gables', St Albans Clock Tower and the Abbey with numerous pedestrians on the pavement and horse-drawn vehicles, one covered, one open, on the road. In the foreground . On either side of the main illustration are the coat of arms of St Albans. Text below the illustration reads: "Prominent on the pages on history are the events that have occured at St Albans. Here in 1455 Richard of York defeated Henry VI in a famous battle and here the great chancellor Bacon lived and died. The grand abbey church is dedicated to St Albans memory."

1865

ph8648

120 transparency

1) Photo Studio

St. Peter's Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK.

PWD Box 65 (grey).

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